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Provence : a Cultural History.
Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while market towns and picturesque villages mai...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Luton :
Andrews UK,
2012.
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| Colección: | Landscapes of the Imagination, 3.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Landscapes Of The Imagination; Preface; Introduction; Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling"; The Rhône And The Durance: "Poor Bunbury"; The Mistral And The Cicada: "I Hear The Symphonist More Than I Could Wish"; "Their Fervid Temperament Knows No Control": Dissident Southerners.; Occitan And The Troubadours; "That Detestable Corruption Of Italian and French"; Restoring The Language: The Félibrige; "The Rational, Right And Proper Food"; "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine; Provence; Chapter One.
- The "Babylonian Captivity"The Palace of the Popes: "An Impregnable Fortress, A Luxurious Palace, A Horrible Prison"; The Grand Tinel; Pope Clement's Feast; Painting The Palace; Notre-Dame Des Doms; "Sur Le Pont d'Avignon": The Pope's Mule; The Petit Palais And The Musée Lapidaire; The Musée Calvet; The Avignon Festival; Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon; Chapter Two; Mont Ventoux; Fontaine-De-Vaucluse: Discoursing With Love; L'Isle Sur La Sorgue: "Delicious Streams"; Salon-De-Provence; Orange: "The Most Beautiful Wall"; Vaison-La-Romaine; Grignan; Chapter Three.
- Van Gogh's Arles: "To Express, With Red And Green, The Terrible Passions Of Humanity"The Arena; The Theatre: "Sisters Of Mireille"; Place Du Forum And The Cryptoportiques; Les Alyscamps; The Musée De L'Arles Antique; Saint-Trophime: "So Cruel, So Monstrous, Like A Chinese Nightmare"; The Musée Réattu And The Museon Arlaten; Montmajour; Chapter Four; Saint-Paul-De-Mausole: "Light Turning Into Conflagration"; Les Antiques; Glanum; Saint-Rémy-De-Provence; Les Baux: "Bastions And Buttresses And Coigns Of Vantage"; Chapter Five; The Plaine De La Crau: "Goblins Of Light."
- The Camargue: "The Verges Of The Earth"Les Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer: "The Blue Whiteness Of The MilkyWay"; Saint-Gilles; Aigues-Mortes: "A Bright, Quiet Melancholy"; Chapter Six; Le Bon Roi René; Saint-Sauveur; The Burning Bush; The Musée Des Tapisseries And The Musée Du Vieil Aix; "The Houses Very High And The Streets Ample"; The Hôtel De Forbin: Royal Views; Aix-La-Somnolente; Zola's Plassans; Cézanne And The Montagne Sainte-Victoire; The Musée Granet; Saint-Maximin And La Sainte Baume; Chapter Seven; Massalia: "Turning Towards The Greeks."
- Vestiges: The Musée d'Histoire De Marseille, Musée Des Docks Romains And Centre De La Vieille CharitéPassing Through; Royal Arrivals; Plague; Pagnol's Vieux-Port; The Holocaust And The Destruction Of The Vieux-Port; Galleys And Prisons; The Château d'If; "Black Docker": Claude McKay And Ousmane Sembène; Churches And Cathedrals; Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation; Aubagne And La Treille; Souvenirs D'Enfance; Cassis: "Brilliant Yellow And Ink Black"; L'Estaque: "Masterful Smears And Smudges"; Chapter Eight; Roussillon; Lourmarin; Lacoste: "Making A Spectacle Of Oneself "